Eli5 When applications crash, why do they provide an obscure error code instead of a small description of what the issue actually is?
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imagine you write a letter to your parents, congratulating their birthday. you send it to the post office, you put the usual stamp on it, like every year. but the post office had increased prices, your letter is underpaid and gets returned to you. Now imagine the perspective from your parents: they don’t get the annual letter. They might get confused, and call you if everything is okay with you.
You won’t expect from your parents an accurate description of what happened, how should they know what happened.
You also wont expect an accurate description from the post office, that your birthday greetings could not be delivered. You would expect a message your letter was underpaid – and it would be up to you to figure out this prevented your parents to getting the card.
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